Mail-pouch address and fastening attachment.



No. 699,43I. Patented May 6, |902. T

D H. D. WELLER.

MAIL POUCH ADDRESS AND FASTENING ATTACHMENT.

` (Applicatinn led June 10, 1901.)

(No Model.) D

n n m l() 11 m f Y. "Illlll" SANJOS Z 4 l kJ l UNTTED STATES HERBERT D. VELLER, OF SAN JOSE,

PATENT OFFICE.

CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OFTI-IREE- FOURTIIS TO WM. G. IIAVLEY ANDII. I). LARONETTE, OF SAN JOSE,

CALIFORNIA.

MAIL-POUCH ADDRESS ANDv FASTENING ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming partei? Letters Patent No. 699,481, dated May 6, 1902.

Application filed June 10, 1901l To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT D. WELLER, 'a citizen of the United States, residing at San Jose, county of Santa Clara, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Mail- Pouch Address and Fastening Attachments; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Hy invention relates to improvements in mail and like pouches.

My invention comprises details of construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front View of the upper part of the pouch. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 isa longitudinalsection through the locking end ot' the strap. Figs. 4 and 5 are transverse sections through the same. Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the same. Fig. '7 shows the flap partially thrown open. p

In the ordinary construction and use ofv mail-pouches a flap is made to turn over the 'open end of the pouch and staples are pro- 1 vided through which a strap is passed with a latching device which fits over a staple, and

the whole is secured by an independent and removable padlock. Such locks are liable to become misplaced or lost; and it is the object of my invention to permanently attach the lock to the bag and to form an end upon the strap which will engage with the lock and be secured thereby and in conjunction with this end an open slot through which the address-card .may be introduced or removed, the end of said slot abutting against the lock, so that the single fastening secures the bag and the address-card. in place.

As here shown, A is the bag, having a iiap B, adapted to fold over the open end of the bag. This flap has staples 2 iixed to it at intervals, and these staples pass through protected slots, as at 8, which are made through both sides of the bag just below the mouth. These staples having been passed through the slots project from the opposite side.

fi is a strap one end 5 of which is loosely and permanently attached to a staple, as at 6. This strap is then passed through the staples 2, Where they project through the rear Serial No. 63,974. (No model.)

of the bag. Thence passing around the end of theybag the strap is passed through other staples 7, which are fixed upon the outside of the front portion of the flap.

8 is a lockof any suitable description, and

this lock is firmly secured to the front of the 'it is introduced, and when the strap has been passed through the staples 7 this bolt, being pushed into the lock, will at once be engaged and secured. The channel in the part 9 may be formed by folding the metal from the front over the back or any other Way, so as to form a sufficient space for the introduction of the address card or tag 11which ispushed in from the open end ofthe channehjust beneath the bolt 10. The front oftheplate 9 has an opening vmade throughit, communieating with the channel beneath and of such length and width as to expose the name or address card, which` has been placed in the channel. The introduction of the bolt 10 into the lock causes the end of the channel which contains the card to abut against the face of the lock, and thus close the channel-and prevent any removal of the card. The parts are released by the use of a key, which is introduced and turned in the lock,V so as to disengage the bolt from the holding-catches, and the strap can then be withdrawn and the pouch opened. Theend of the channel containing the card is then exposed, so'that the card can be removed or changedatpleasure.

Having thusdescribed myinventiomrwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a mail-pouch and a lock permanently secured to the iap thereof, and having an end opening, of a strap having one end secured to the flap, a channeled plate secured to the free end of the strap said line with the solid Wall of the lock below the Ie plate having a bolt projecting from its front opennggl end, the under side of said bolt forming the In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my top wall ofthe channel at the entrance therehand.

5 to whereby the address card or'label is inn serted from beneath the bon-and its end is A HERBERT D' WELLER protected by the overhanging bolt, said bolt Witnesses adapted to engage the end opening of the WESLEY PIEPER,

lock and the end of the card or label beingin I. A. BALL. 

